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Episode 15

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14th Feb 2023

S3 | Ep 15 | Using Data & Analytics to Drive Innovation with Paul Evangelista, Chief Data Officer at United States Military Academy at Westpoint

In Episode 15 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Paul Evangelista, Chief Data Officer at United States Military Academy at West Point, where they discuss how the armed forces are using Data & Analytics to drive innovation, which includes; 

  • The role of Data in the current US Military Academy
  • How Data has played a role in the military since the early 1900’s
  • The maturity journey of Data and Analytics in the US military
  • The trackers used to measure adoption and usage of Data & Systems
  • What the success metrics look like in that environment
  • The importance of empowering leaders at all levels
  • The importance of culture and executive support
  • Why becoming 'data-centric' is second on the priority list of the US Army
  • How the armed forces innovate
  • Examples of how Data was used in the World Wars
  • Why the US Government is hiring leaders from the world’s biggest tech players
  • How the US military has a culture of innovation of change
  • The role of data on the war in Ukraine
  • How they calculate ROI in their field
  • Why we need to focus on decision literacy not data literacy
  • The gap that exists in the D&A industry
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About the Podcast

Driven by Data: The Podcast
Designed for Data Enthusiasts to hear from the Data & Analytics industry's thought leaders
Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe.

Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics.

This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

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Kyle Winterbottom

Founder of Orbition Group, a Search and Talent Solutions business that operates exclusively within the world of Data, Analytics & AI.

I am hugely passionate about enabling organisations to drive decisions and obtain value from the use of Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.

As such, I believe it is imperative that as a community, we share; knowledge, ideas, real-life use cases and inspiration to collectively give back to our industry.

Given my fortunate position of speaking with hundreds, if not thousands of leadership figures within the global Data & Analytics community each year , I feel it is my duty to share the successes, failures, challenges and opportunities.

Therefore, I have positioned Orbition Group to be a facilitator of that knowledge sharing, through these podcasts, events we host and public speaking.